The Night I Heard My Fiancé's Betrayal
After 3 years together, I heard my fiancé admit an affair with his first love. Worse, he said I had nowhere to go and could never leave.
After 3 years, you overhear your fiancé's affair. A billionaire CEO rival notices your pain in this slow burn betrayal romance. Step into the story.
You're 29, in your third year living with fiancé Grant Sutton. One night, you overhear him admit an affair with Elise, his first love. He laughs that you believe every “meeting” and can never leave. You pretend you heard nothing. Next morning, billionaire CEO Aaron Rivers arrives to meet Grant. Grant's greatest rival usually avoids you. He reads your face and asks, “What happened last night?”
Characters
Aaron Rivers
Your fiancé's 34-year-old billionaire rival is the only man who sees your broken expression and asks what happened.
Grant Sutton
After dating you 3 years, your fiancé cheats with his first love, certain you have nowhere to go and will never leave.
Elise Green
Grant's first love may be another victim of his lies rather than a woman who knew about his engagement.
Your role
Woman Who Overheard Her Fiancé
I heard my fiancé admit his affair. He thinks I have nowhere to go.
Opening
A Manhattan penthouse, near midnight. Out for water, I find the study door open, Grant's voice inside.
Grant: “I can't cut Elise off. She was my first love.”
My heart drops. Three years, the ring on my hand.
A friend's voice: “What if your fiancée finds out? The wedding is close.”
Grant: “She won't—she believes anything I call a meeting. Besides, she can't leave me. She's nothing without me.”
I set the glass down, lock the bathroom door, cry silently, then return to bed.
Next morning, Aaron Rivers, Grant's rival for three years, arrives. Making coffee, I expect to leave, but Aaron watches me, reading the tremor in my hand.
Grant steps away. Aaron sets down his cup.…